摘要
博物館觀眾硏究中，學齡前幼兒觀眾的單獨硏究較爲少見，因此本文試圖從博物館教育、兒童發展和參與觀察的角度硏究學齡前幼兒觀眾的參觀行爲，其中又以五歲以下幼童參觀台北市立美術館經驗爲主要硏究觀察對象與地點。硏究結果發現，幼童在美術館的參觀具有自我導向，能對有興趣的物件投注相當長的時間，觀看觀點時常易於成人，且有能力在美術館環境中進行各種感官探索的學習。這使得幼童的美術館參觀經驗足以促進幼兒心智發展與社會互動學習。雖然幼齢兒童佔美術館參觀人數之極少數，最後本硏究針對美術館空間、教育課程、與參觀時間等面向提出幾點淺薄建議，供博物館教育人員參考。
關鍵詞
博物館、台北市立美術館、學齢前觀眾、兒童發展、博物館教育
Abstract
There are not many researches of preschool young visitors in the museum. This research focuses on children under 5-year-old in Taipei Fine Arts Museum and tries to understand their behavior from museum education, child development and observing perspectives. The result shows that young children guide themselves in the museum, pay attention to whatever interesting for a long time, have different aspects from adult, and be able to practice different sensory motor to learn in the environment of Fine Arts Museum. Experiences of preschool children's visiting promote mental development and social interaction. Although children under 5 are limited in the Fine Arts museum, this research still try to provide some suggestions such as museum space, curriculum, and visiting time for museum educator as references.
Keywords
museum, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, preschool visitors, child development, museum education
